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The life of saint Margaret
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Date: | 1443-1444 |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Forme: | 540 vers |
Contenu: | Récit de la vie de sainte Marguerite. |
Incipit: | Here begynneth the prolog of the holy seynt Margarete, compendyously compiled in balade by Lidgate dan John, monk of Bvry. At the reuerence of seynt Margarete my purpos is hir lyfe to compile; though I haue no rethorikes swete nor colour noone tenbelisshe with my style… |
Explicit: | … This blissed mayde, this virgyn glorious; of alle hir enemyes she was victorious, til at the laste, in vertu complet goode, for Cristes sake she shad hir chaste bloode. Explicit vita sce Margarete. |
Incipit: | [Envoi:] Noble princesses and ladyes of estate, and gentilwomen lower of degre… |
Explicit: | [Envoi:] … but, chaste gemme, thi servauntes sette at ese and be her shelde in myschief and dioses! Explicit. |
Manuscrits
- Durham, Cathedral Library, Cosin V. II. 14, f. 97v
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. Poet. a. 1 [⇛ Description]
« Vernon manuscript ».
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud miscellaneous, 108, f. 1r-197v [⇛ Description]
Éditions anciennes
Éditions modernes
- Altenglische Legenden. Neue Folge. Mit Einleitung und Anmerkungen herausgegeben von C. Horstmann, Heilbronn, Henninger, 1881, cxxxviii + 536 p. (ici p. 446-453) [GB] [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2]
Traductions modernes
Études
- Krahl, Ernst, Untersuchungen über vier Versionen der mittelengl. Margaretenlegende, Berlin, s. n., 1889, [ii] + 88 p. [GB] [IA]
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